Blissfield, New Brunswick (1901 census)

Blissfield was a census subdivision in New Brunswick, recorded in the 1901 Census of Canada with a population of 997. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q664434. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.600°N, 66.042°W.

Population

In 1901, Blissfield had a population of 997: 512 male and 485 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1901

In the 1901 census, Blissfield shared boundaries with:

• Blackville
• Chipman
• Harcourt
• Ludlow
• Maugerville
• Northfield
• South Esk

Full census record, 1901

The 1901 census recorded 12 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1901). This community's record includes 997 total population, 512 males, 485 females, 338 single males, 305 single females, 166 families, 166 married males, 161 married females, 19 widowed females, 8 widowed males. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Buildings & housing (1901). This community's record includes 166 houses. (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Agriculture (1901). This community's record includes 322,560 total area (acres). (Source: 1901 Census of Canada, V1T7.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: NB019003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_NB029003 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q664434
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blissfield_Parish,_New_Brunswick
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paroisse_de_Blissfield

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1901 Census of Canada, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project, hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan. Persistent place identity computed from spatial-overlap chains across all available census years (1851–1921). Identity grounding to Wikidata performed via the HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology page for the full data pipeline.

Cite this page

Clifford, J. (2026). "Blissfield, New Brunswick (1901 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/nb/blissfield-nb019003-1901/.